Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Maria: the (actual) current situation
It seems like a reasonable time - and a vital thing - to update on the current situation surrounding the death of a girl in the Evros river.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 28
- 5 min
How is Alexandrakis Georgios still in a job?
The commander of the Greek Coastguard has drawn unfortunate attention to his litany of avoidable deaths, by lying about NGOs.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 27
- 15 min
Calabria: the outcome of years of breaking the law
The death of at least 62 people at Calabria is the outcome of the EU breaking the law: the solution is simple. Obey the law.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 22
- 3 min
Politicians must accept responsibility for the deaths of people in transit
We must hold politicians who attempt to prevent desperate people from travelling at least partially responsible for those people's deaths.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 11
- 6 min
Pushbacks, Mitarachis, and the ‘safety’ lie
Despite his claims to the contrary, Mitarachis' pushbacks from Greece are killing people in ever greater number each year.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Evros islet not Turkish after all
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis openly lied about the status of an islet on which he left a five-year-old girl to die.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Sep 6, 2022
- 5 min
UNHCR envoy suggests punishing parents if children travel for safety
Comments by UNHCR's Vincent Cochetel highlight a serious problem. We must stop falling into the Right's narrative trap of victim-blaming.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 29, 2022
- 10 min
Mitsotakis disgraces Greece with joke about dead five-year-old girl
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has brought shame on his office and his country by joking about the death of a five-year-old girl.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 18, 2022
- 9 min
A story of Maria: how the Greek government killed a five-year-old girl
A five year-old girl was killed as a result of the actions of the Greek government and police.This is how that outrage happened.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jul 9, 2022
- 6 min
Greek government dissembles, misleads, over deaths and inhuman treatment of travelling people
Nea Dimokratia's response to the European Court of Human Rights is aggression and fabrication. People are dying as a result of its actions.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 24, 2022
- 3 min
Aegean deaths: Mitarachis misleads Greek public
Yet another untruth to Greek people raises the question: is Mitarachis incapable of doing his job, or just does not want to?
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 19, 2022
- 6 min
What happened at Agios Georgios?
Four people died in a 'rescue' in which it appears the Greek Coastguard sent a ship carrying more than 100 people to smash on coastal rocks
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Dec 30, 2021
- 7 min
Notis Mitarachis' race to shift blame for Christmas killings
Sixty-one people died in Greek waters in the week before Christmas. Instead of apologising, Notis Mitarachis is shifting blame to others.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 26, 2021
- 6 min
The doomed - and deadly - 'travel prevention' policy
After of the death of four (likely five) more people in the Aegean, we must change attitudes and policy on people travelling to seek asylum.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
If not a crime against humanity… Greece and the policy of pushbacks
Pushbacks carried out by Greek government operatives have reached astonishing levels. Is the government committing crimes against humanity?
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 10, 2021
- 16 min
The simple way for the EU to end people smuggling: do a better job
The EU's policy on people-smuggling has failed. But there is a simpe solution, which will end smuggling, and unnecessary deaths at sea.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- May 28, 2021
- 6 min
Kiriakos Mitsotakis: ‘credit’ for ‘reducing flows’ on the Aegean Sea: Part three – Deaths
Despite his claims, Kiriakos Mitsotakis' government has overseen the highest proportion of deaths per safe arrival in the Aegean's history.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- May 28, 2021
- 6 min
Mitsotakis: ‘reducing flows’ of refugees: Part four – ‘Irregular arrivals' and 'border protection'
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis' use of the terms 'irregular arrivals' and 'border protection' are egregious and should be ignored.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- May 28, 2021
- 12 min
Kiriakos Mitsotakis: ‘credit’ for ‘reducing flows’ on the Aegean Sea: Part five – Change in ‘flow’
To what extent can Kiriakos Mitsotakis claim 'credit' for reducing refugee arrivals in Greece? Apart from breaking the law, very little...
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 23, 2021
- 4 min
End illegal, immoral and potentially lethal pushbacks now
At least three – and in fact almost certainly four – men died on Friday 19 March 2021. They drowned having been adrift as part of a group...
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